Session Summary and Speaker Bio

Dream in Green

Session Title	Environmental Citizen Science Projects
Target Audience	Grades 6-12
Session Summary	Students will be presented with the importance of citizen science and will be exposed to several local and national citizen science opportunities available. Citizen Science allows students to be part of the scientific process by collecting and analyzing data and providing those results to experiments run by reputable organizations were the data will be used to solve real-world problems.

Presenters

Dream in Green

Barbara Martinez-Guerrero

Executive Director

Barbara Martinez-Guerrero is the Executive Director for Dream in Green, a South Florida based non-profit whose mission is to empower individuals to tackle climate change and other environmental challenges locally. Barbara oversees all of DIGs programs and works to develop connections across the region. Barbara was a classroom teacher for 12 years and earned her Master’s Degree from Columbia University for International Educational Development. She is a returned Peace Corps volunteer and is an environmental steward with a passion for plants.

Alexandra Ender

Program Manager

Alexandra Ender is the Program Manager for Dream in Green, a nonprofit focused on providing environmental education to K-12 students and residents to empower them to become environmental stewards. In her role Alexandra oversees all educational programs including writing and designing sustainability curriculum and leading teacher trainings to implement the program in schools. Alexandra is passionate about the environment and delivering urgent and relevant information to citizens to inspire them to help move the needle on climate action. Prior to her work with Dream in Green, Alexandra worked at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration as a fisheries ecologist studying the health of commercial fish stocks in both the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. She received her Masters and Bachelors degrees from the University of Miami in marine biology.